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To: E_K_S who wrote (35227)	9/12/2000 10:18:57 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Are hardware companies serious about services? September 12, 2000 08:54 AM PT by Ryan Tate (http://www.upside.com/News/39be4f6a0.html) From the article: "...Sun may follow HP Analysts say services contracts are best for companies selling lots of high-end server systems rather than PCs. In fact, they say the company most likely to follow in HP's footsteps and go on a services buying spree is none other than Sun Microsystems which sells no PCs whatsoever and is already enjoying fat margins and brisk business, insulated from the dropoff in PC receipts...." ============================================================ I would love to see SUNW build out their Service & Consulting business..... I wonder what the next purchase might be. Any ideas? This article from Redherring may provide some ideas for Internet Consulting services...business flat or falling. (http://www.redherring.com/ipo/2000/0912/ipo-zefer091200.html) From the article: "...Mr. Ross says that, in the past, there wasn't a need for Internet consultants to worry about generating leads -- the clients simply came to them for help. Operating their sales pitches on fear -- as in "hire us or your company will fail" -- there was no need to place a great deal of resources into developing a sales force. But in the wake of the April tech shakeout and a slew of earnings disappointments, revenue growth reversed itself, leaving Internet consulting firms to beef up their sales forces in an effort to win a different breed of client..." ========================================================== EKS